check_dhcp remote network

[Marc Powell]

----Original Message----
From: Michael Shoemaker [mailto:shoemake at america.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:37 PM
To: Nagios User Maillist
Subject: [Nagios-users] check_dhcp remote network

> I am wondering if I can use the check_dhcp script to query a remote
> dhcp server that is not on the network of the central nagios server. 
> I know it works checking against the local dhcp server, but I need to
> know if it is possible to monitor a remote host without having the
> nagios client installed on the dhcp server.  


DHCP only works on the local LAN segment unless it is being relayed by
all routers in between (generally not a good idea). That's just the
nature of DHCP and not a failure of the plugin.

--
Marc


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